Day 23: The Road to Revolution Baltimore Polytechnic Institute October 5, 2017 A/A.P. U.S. History Mr. Green
Examining the Road to Revolution Objective: Students will evaluate the decision by Britain to tax the American colonies after 1763 by describing the constraints on the colonists’ economic activities and political rights Drill: Review the cartoons by analyzing and comparing the purposes of each.
Warm Up 1. To what extent did the Stamp Act and other British actions between 1763 and 1775 contribute to the drawing of these cartoons? 2. Was the purpose of the cartoons to encourage separation or conciliation? Explain. 3. Were the cartoonists ridiculing or supporting British policies?
Taxes George Grenville ordered the enforcement of the Navigation Laws Sugar Act 1764-raising revenue in colonies for the crown lowered after bitter protest Quartering Act 1765-food and quarters to British troops forced into admiralty courts, “assumed to be guilty unless they could prove themselves innocent Stamp Act 1765-initiates the Stamp Act Congress and nonimportation agreements and Britain repeals Declaratory Act-Parliament’s right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever
More Taxes and a Massacre Townshend Acts 1767(consisted of 4 acts) Suspending Act, light duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint and tea Customs Collects-often arbitrary commercial taxes lifted on tea this was an external tax-WHY? Revenue to pay for royal governors and judges in America More smuggling became the practice of importers March 5, 1770-Redcoats fired in a group and killed/wounded 11 citizens
Committees of correspondence Formed in 1772 in Boston Designed to spread the spirit of resistance by exchanging letters Opposed British policy By 1773 every colony established one
Tea Brewing in Boston British East India Company Complete monopoly of American tea business Boston Tea Party symbolic rallying cry for the nation-why? British reaction Home rule or intolerable Acts Closed Boston Harbor restrictions on town meetings enforcing officials indicted for murder of colonists tried in Britain Quartering Act Quebec Act expanded Catholic jurisdiction into an area earmarked for Protestantism
Bloodshed 1st Continental Congress-1774 Declaration of rights-John Adams persuades for revolution over home rule The Association-complete boycott of British goods Parliament rejected Congress’s petitions Lexington and Concord Britain wanted to seize gunpowder and stop the rebels
Imperial Strengths and Weaknesses Professional army Paid Mercenaries British Treasury American Loyalists Native Americans Oppressed Ireland France Family Second-rate generals/poor food Distance Physical features Traded space for time
American Pluses and Minuses Leadership-George Washington/Ben Franklin Foreign Aid-from France Defensive Fight Self-sustaining Moral advantage/just cause Jealousy Economic difficulties/inflation
Closing/Exit Ticket Students will complete a paragraph giving analysis and comparison on the 2 political cartoons.